But I will just start out by
talking about the visit with the apostle. Way spiritual, and not at all
what I was expecting. The entire meeting was question answer based,
before the meeting, he asked us to study 3 talks that he had previously
given. So at the beginning of the conference, he asked questions about
what we learned, why we learned it and so on. Then after that, the roles
were switched and we were asking the questions. It was super special
for me because the things that I learned weren't necessarily the things
that were talked about, but they definitely did come from the spirit. He
is a super talented speaker as well. It was neat because he was
teaching us about how to ask questions, and how we should teach
investigators, through his example of asking us questions. But at the
same time, he was teaching us pieces of the gospel, and little pieces of
spiritual knowledge. It was like a lesson inception. Elder Bednar IS an
apostle of Jesus Christ. He has the apostolic keys that were on the
earth in times past. It's a huge blessing for us to have the prophet and
apostles in our lives today. We should listen to them, and take heed to
what they say. These men know a lot about what we should do here in
life. We just have to keep learning line upon line, precept upon
precept.
But besides that way awesome mission
conference, we had a good week. We met with Simon and tried to sort out
some things with him. Simon and Lise Lotte are two people who really
want the gospel to be a part of their lives, but they are having so many
problems as a couple that they can't let it in right now. It's sad, but
it's getting better. We have just been trying to replace the arguments
and things with the gospel and scriptures.
We
also got to play tennis with Ashley and Mario, and we shared a spiritual
thought with Mario afterwards. We talked about the sacrament, and the
importance of it.
Wednesday was a fun day for
us. We did service all day. :) We started off by helping an older couple
pull up some massive roots from a garden. I ended up breaking a metal
pitchfork... I felt pretty bad about that. The lady we were serving came
out and was like "I don't know where I can get another one like that. I
really liked that one." So we started off with that, then we traveled
down south to help out another member. This time we were cleaning up a
front yard and weeding and things for this girls daughter. It was a way
special experience. Because the daughter just barely had her husband
leave her, and the house has turned into a mess and she didn't really
have any money or anything to keep the house. So it was the least we
could do. But after we were done there, we shot up to Marias to do some
painting at her new house. I was way tired when we got home, but it was a
very good day.
It was also Elder Gines'
birthday this week! So we got to celebrate that by helping out Maria
some more, then going to Ikea and buying ice cream. Then to finish the
night off, we had a nice appointment with Ana, and all the missionaries
and some others that we teach. A sweet birthday party finish.
The rest of the time was just meetings, we had a mission leadership meeting, then we had the elder Bednar conference.
A very good, memorable week. Love you all, remember who you are and choose the right!
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